We constantly hear various tales about people sitting in the wrongseatsand being forced to change them. Nowadays, it’s probably one of the most frequently discussed subjects online. Today, we have a superb addition to the collection of discussions.
It’s a story about a man who agreed to switch seats numerous times during one flight. And he wasn’t some kind of jerk who deliberately sat in the wrong seats. In fact, the whole sequence started because he planned to sit in his assigned place.
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A man boarded a plane and noticed that there was a woman sitting in his assigned seat
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She said she was settled there and gave him her place, which he took, but a few moments later, she asked for it back, saying it was due to her claustrophobia
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Then, this passenger moved to another seat, giving him it back and resulting in the man switching seats numerous times before the flight even took off
Today’s main story happened about8years ago. The OP was traveling fromNew Yorkto Salt Lake City in Utah. He just spent around a week working and,inhiswords,“tindering” in New York. The night before the flight,hespent long hours working and going out. So, the man was tired and was looking forward to crashing into his plane seat as soon as possible. But the universe had other plans.
But the OP chose to confront the woman himself. When he did, the woman claimed it was her seatandhe must be mistaken. Yet, he didn’t back down — after all, he had aticketwith a written seat number in his hand. The woman dug through her bag andfound a ticket thatproved thatshe wasn’t in her place.
Then, sheproceeded to askthe man to sit in herplacebecause she was “settled.” Since the seats weren’t that different, he agreed. He sat and fell asleep. That didn’t take long, ashe took somecold medicinebeforehand that makes people sleepy.
But just as falling asleep didn’t take long, the sleepitselfwasn’t long, either. A few momentslater,the same woman woke the man and told him that she wanted her seat. She claimed she had claustrophobia. As you are probably aware, it’s a fear of confined spaces. About12.5%of people have it.
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However, the desired uninterruptedsleepwas still far from reach. A few other momentslater,the same woman woke the man again to offer him her seat back. Apparently, she was having a panic attack and decided to exit the plane. So, the manofferedothers her seat, but when they didn’t take it, he took it himself.
If you thought that the woman exiting the plane would be the end of the whole story, you are sorely mistaken! Another character of a man bugging the OP appeared. Now,theauthor was the person sitting in someone else’s seat. Evidently, when the woman left the plane, her ticket was sold to this gentleman. While it’s usual to buy tickets online, in some cases, it ispossibleto buy them at the airport right before the flight, just like this man did.
Again, not wanting to cause any scenes, the original poster moved seats. At this point, it’skind ofhard to keep count of how many times he did that. And it wasn’t even the last time!
Summarizing the story, the authorhimself said thathe shouldn’t have let someone else take his seat in the first place.Well,the whole sequence waskind ofamusingto read about, but it would have been very annoying to experience, sowe can understand his frustration.
The original poster himself agreed that was a valid point. Yet, it doesn’t change the fact thathekept moving.Well, at least now he has a fun story to tellnot onlyon Redditbutto people in his life as well.
People online found this whole sequence both funny and annoying because they wondered why he didn’t just stay in his own seat when he got it back
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